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Rich Myhre of the Everett Herald reports that Conner Martin, a 2009 Jackson High School graduate, competed in and finished the 2012 Ironman Coeur d'Alene triathlon after recovering from his 2011 brain surgery.

The 2012 Ironman Couer d'Alene had over 2,500 competitors. Martin's time was 14 hours, 13 minutes, and 58 seconds which placed him 33rd in the male 18-24 division. There were 12 athletes in this division that didn't finish the race.

Ayurveda is the oldest tradition of holistic medicine practiced in the world today. It teaches us that we are not separate from nature but a living expression of the environment around us. Everything that exists in the universe exists within us. Our bodies are therefore a reflection of the changes in the environment we live in.

The final registration deadline for Mill Creek's Main Street Madness basketball tournament is Friday, June 29th.

The City of Mill Creek Parks & Recreation is hosting the annual 3 on 3 “Main Street Madness” Basketball Tournament on Saturday, July 7. All registered participants will receive a free pizza from Papa Murphy's Pizza.

Twenty-one local drugstores have joined the fight to knock down the whooping cough epidemic in Snohomish County. The Snohomish Health District supplies the pharmacies with free vaccine from the Sanofi Pasteur AmeriCares patient assistance program for uninsured, low-income adults.

Since the beginning of June, the stores so far have administered nearly 450 doses of whooping cough vaccine to low-income or uninsured adults. Pharmacies charge $10 to $15 to give the shot – the vaccine itself is no cost to the client.

The first annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life® of Mill Creek raised $49,796 to support the Society’s mission of saving lives from cancer, leaving hundreds of volunteers exhausted, but happy, after walking throughout the overnight event at McCollum Park June 2 and 3. According to Event Chair, Mike Todd, donations are still being accepted.

The Mill Creek Tennis Club has six out of eleven adult United States Tennis Association (USTA) teams heading to local playoffs this weekend. Roger and Byron Mark took over operation of the Mill Creek Tennis Club in 2009, and the club’s USTA program has improved ever since.

Roger Mark has coached many adult USTA teams and has sent multiple teams to the national tournament that ends each season. Each year Mark coaches up to ten USTA teams, seeing over 150 players. In 2008, his teams captured national titles at the Men's 4.0 and Women's 3.0 levels. In 2011 his teams continued their national success, winning the 4.0 Men's Championship, the 8.0 Mixed Doubles Championship, and placing third in the 7.0 Mixed Doubles Championship tournament.

The following article is being reproduced with permission of it's author, Kate Towell. Kate is a holistic wellness counselor who supports individuals to create the balanced, vibrant life they imagine.

Lately I have been contemplating my relationship with coffee. I live in a coffee culture. Here in Seattle the coffee flows as freely as the rain. Dates are made, meet-ups organized, books read and ipad apps enjoyed over coffee. As a yogini I am continually evaluating areas of my life where I create conflict. After all, yoga and Ayurveda are all about creating union in mind and body rather than conflict. When we evaluate conflict in our life it doesn’t have to be big items like relationships, job satisfaction or long-standing destructive patterns. Actually resolving conflict around smaller areas of our lives can help to transform the bigger areas too. Recently, I realized I have created a tremendous amount of conflict around coffee. As a passionate explorer of Ayurveda I know that balance, joy and freedom are found along the median path. I asked myself is my love affair with coffee an extreme?

The City of Mill Creek gets a 2% premium discount on their 2013 medical coverage as a result of winning a 2012 WellCity Award. Mill Creek earned a WellCity Award from the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Employee Benefit Trust by demonstrating their commitment to employee health promotion and meeting the stringent standards set forth for the award.

The City of Mill Creek promoted employee health by creating policies, committees, and champions at the local level that focused on topics such as: work-life balance, healthy food, physical activity, personal care, and employee safety.

The City of Mill Creek Parks & Recreation is hosting the annual 3 on 3 “Main Street Madness” Basketball Tournament on Saturday, July 7. All registered participants will receive a free pizza from Papa Murphy's Pizza.

Registrations submitted by Friday, June 15 will receive event T-shirts.

Final registration deadline is Friday, June 29.

The City of Mill Creek is seeking volunteers to help with the tournament. Click on this link for volunteer information.